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Like Sisyphus, our work is never done;
Continually rolls back the restless stone.
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Let those who feast at ease on dainty fare,
Pity the reapers, who their feasts prepare.
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All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.
Sallust
Stephen Duck
Born:
1705
Died:
1756
(aged 51)
Bio:
Stephen Duck was an English poet whose career reflected both the Augustan era's interest in "naturals" and its resistance to classlessness.
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